Weird problem with Netgear switch

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Hi all,

Got a 5-port Netgear switch in my room which I was using to split the Ethernet cable coming through my wall so I could plug in both my PC and 360. Having recently sold my 360, I decided to remove the switch for the time being. However, when I do that and plug the Ethernet cable from the wall straight into the PC, my internet becomes really slow! I don't understand it, surely if anything it should be quicker (not noticeably obviously)!?

The cable coming through the wall runs up through the roof and down into the ZyXEL Prestige 660-H in the lounge.

I've tried rebooting the router, the PC, repairing the LAN connection etc. Nothing seems to make any difference. Can anyone shed any light on this, it's really annoying! :(
 
No the cable isn't damaged, but that's an interesting point by Gaz about the length of the cable. It's a 30 metre cable, which I didn't think was that long but a guy at work has just said he thinks the signal would start to deteriorate somewhere around that length. Is this true? Strange thing is it was working fine before I got the switch in the first place.
 
When I plug the switch in the speed picks up straight away, at least it did last time. Am at work now so will try again tonight, will check ping to router as well.

How would I go about testing the cable, do I need a device for that?

Thanks for all your help.
 
Tried the net when I got in and it was fine. Then I loaded Call of Duty 2 and tried to refresh servers, as that's what I was doing last night. Game just sits there, eventually shows up 1 or 2 servers, despite saying it's refreshing over 6000. Came back out and tried the net -> nothing. Could this be an underlying problem with Call of Duty 2? Although it still doesn't explain why I had instant slow internet when I originally removed the switch?

Pinging the router I get <1ms. Didn't have time to go and pick up a cable tester unfortunately.

Think i might try and CoD2 re-install. :(
 
Yeah that was with the switch back in.

Not sure about the port blockage, never been an issue before, and after the re-install last night it was back to finding large amounts of servers quickly. But still had some intermittent internet issues after refreshing the list :(
 
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